But Mr. Hunt, an owner of Coogan’s in Washington Heights, noted something wrong with the message on the T-shirt itself: below the “O’Bama” was a large four-leaf clover. The shamrock, symbol of Ireland, is a three-leaf clover.

And why might a three-leaf shamrock have significance?

According to tradition, St. Patrick himself used the three-leaf clover to illustrate the Holy Trinity. Christopher Cahill, executive director of the American Irish Historical Society said that while that might be apocryphal — “basically everything associated with St. Patrick is essentially legend,” he said — the shamrock, derived from seamróg, meaning “little clover,” is properly depicted with three leaves.

C'mon, eager Obama staffers - "Trinity" is not just a Matrix reference.

This whole cultural sensitivity thing can get tricky when you aren't on the same page with the bitter-clingers. Maybe Team Obama could invest in a subscription to Google just to keep themselves in the mainstream.

I APPLAUD THEIR TEAM SPIRIT: The smartest Whte House ever - EVER! - is probably just trying to distract from Joe Biden'sRoad trip.

"Obama, meanwhile, will be double-teamed at AIPAC: Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Shimon Peres are coming to speak.

On March 5, Obama and Netanyahu meet at the White House. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon just returned from Israel in an effort to pave the way for those talks.

Netanyahu also addressed AIPAC last year, the night before he addressed a joint session of Congress. That May 2011 meeting between Obama and Netanyahu was described as “frosty,” a day after Obama stated that a Palestinian state should be based on pre-1967 borders.

“Israel wants peace, I want peace,” Netanyahu said after the Oval Office meeting. “But the only peace that will endure is one based on reality.”

But Mr. Hunt, an owner of Coogan’s in Washington Heights, noted something wrong with the message on the T-shirt itself: below the “O’Bama” was a large four-leaf clover. The shamrock, symbol of Ireland, is a three-leaf clover.

I simply cannot tell you how much this made me laugh. This administrations idiocy knows no bounds.

In the "find the apostrophe" link it goes to a NY Times report of his visit to Moneygale and notes that he had a pint of stout and Michelle had a half-pint of stout. All my visits to Ireland for pleasure and business (considerable believe me) I have never heard the word half-pint used. You have a pint and then if you want something less than that you ask for a "glass". You would think the paper of record could get a simple libation correct. Geeez!

A Saul Alinsky-tied group has been awarded a $56 million federal loan to start up a nonprofit health insurance company -- one of several organizations across the country this week tapped to launch a new network of insurers under the sponsorship of the federal health care overhaul.

The Wisconsin group, Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, was awarded the funding on Tuesday. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the group is expected to provide coverage statewide within five years after starting on a smaller scale in early 2014.

But Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson questioned the group's credentials -- given its affiliation and lack of experience in the insurance field.

"The indisputable fact is that Common Ground was an outgrowth of the Alinsky operation in Chicago," Wilson said. "We're not giving money to a group with experience in health care issues or in setting up exchanges. ... We're handing the money to people who have been trained by arguably the single most expert individual on community organizing in the last 100 years."

Common Ground, a Milwaukee group that dates back to 2004, is an affiliate of the Alinsky-founded Industrial Areas Foundation.

--But Mr. Hunt, an owner of Coogan’s in Washington Heights, noted something wrong with the message on the T-shirt itself: below the “O’Bama” was a large four-leaf clover.--

If you were a fake of the monumental proportions of Barry, who had skated your entire life, with a happy assist of a free ride by guilt ridden white lefties and had somehow improbably stumble-bummed your way into the White House on a pair of jug ears, a baritone and a flim flam man's audacity wouldn't you consider the four leaf clover the perfect symbol for your entire life?

For what will likely be the final debate of the GOP primary season, CNN drew 4.7 million Total Viewers and 1.4 million A25-54 viewers for last night’s Arizona face-off. This makes it the least watched debate since CNN’s Nov. 22 contest which drew 3.6 million Total Viewers.

Not true, DOT. I read all the posts. I just decided I would no longer comment to things that make me gag, such as Ann's praise of GMAX for being so "positive." The nastiest person who comes here, who goes out of his way to start trouble and gin up controversy, is so positive? All one can do is roll the eyes and move on.

It is a stunning day, 84 degrees, bright and sunny, perfectly clear skies. Tricky Ricky had his clock cleaned last night, my guy held his own, and life is good. There is a world outside JOM, a delightful world of happy, productive people who enjoy life too. So have a good day! I am.

Yet you said you were bringing us the news of that poll upthread. Only it wasn't news at all, was it? Because, as you must have already known because you read all the posts, DoT had already posted the poll earlier today, on an earlier thread.

--I just decided I would no longer comment to things that make me gag, such as Ann's praise of GMAX for being so "positive."--

I have no doubt Ann may very well think Gmax is the bees knees in sundry ways, but just to be accurate she was referring to his continued belief and posting of info indicating that Barry will lose in November.

Actually, it was just Obama's way of trying to con you into thinking he is just a regular kind of quy. Who the hell is he kidding pulling the wool over your eyes. He is one of the 1% wealthy ruling class that supports war. He rushed to get the troops out of Iraq by the end of 2011. He only did that because the Iraqi government gave him no choice. They refused to extend immunity for bloody war crimes to USA soldiers as of 2012. So Obama rushed to pull them out. War crimes still are allowed in Afghanistan as was seen not to long ago in front page news photos. You have to ask, if that was all it took to end the fighting, why did bloody Obama not do so sooner. He has been in office for three years! Think of those soldiers killed or disabled. The families have to deal with that now. It is no skin off Obama's nose. He is just raking in the money and happy to take vacations. What bloody war? Check out www.bush-it-usa.com. Art is powerful.

You are misinformed. Obama's agenda all along was to remove the troops as fast as possible from Iraq. The internal squabbling of the Iraqi parliament simply gave him cover and the various factions opposing America another easy target.

As to war crimes, they were very few and far between. Try visiting Dachau or Auschwitz if you want to see real war crimes.

The United States spent a trillion dollars and got nothing for it. If you want to talk about the waste of lives and money in a foolish venture, go right ahead but please don't peddle that particular brand of BS around here.

Sara, always good to see you. It is indeed a beautiful day in our CA neighborhood.

It is difficult, however, to understand why anyone who disdains the camaraderie of JOM would come here to be vulgar and cruel when *he* could be elsewhere. The Grove House is always pleasant, as is the Botanic Gardens, so why come here unless a heart is filled with hate?

Didn't Obama learn bout trinity from Rev. Wright or was he not paying attention on that Sunday either?

The backlash began after Korans were burned with garbage at a military base in Afghanistan. Officials said they were removed from the detention center library because the detainees were using them to pass secret and what were described as "extremist" messages to one another. Afghans stepped in to rescue the books, though some were already burned. One official said it was a "breakdown in judgment, not a breakdown in our respect for Islam."

Meanwhile, nearly a dozen people have died in the aftermath, including two U.S. troops. And some analysts are criticizing the U.S. response.

"It just feeds the sense of grievance," Nina Shea, a senior fellow with the Hudson Institute, said of the "constant round of apologies."

Shea, who sits on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, agreed with the U.S. decision to quickly apologize after the incident late Monday and order an investigation.

But she noted that the subsequent apologies "don't seem to have any effect."

I have an idea. How about "In response to the two Americans killed, two million Korans will be burned, even if we don't have enough of yours in the warehouse and have to print some of them ourselves"?

UBL: (...Inaudible...) when people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature, they will like the strong horse. This is only one goal; those who want people to worship the lord of the people, without following that doctrine, will be following the doctrine of Muhammad, peace be upon him. (UBL quotes several short and incomplete Hadith verses, as follows): "I was ordered to fight the people until they say there is no god but Allah, and his prophet Muhammad." "Some people may ask: why do you want to fight us?"

Thanks for linking to your blog, matt. I don't believe I will live to see the completion of a new nuclear power plant. Before the 2006 elections, Pelosi promised that the Dems had a plan to bring down the price of gasoline. I guess they are still hiding it from us.

Yeah, and didn't they "can" Octavia right afterward? Crying women on CNN is nothing new. The very last time I watched (on a regular basis) it was Judy Woodruff crying because John Kerry had lost to Bush. Which reminds me, she was gone not too long after that too. Guess you can be as biased as you want, just don't cry on air.

“It is an outrage that President Obama is the one apologizing to Afghan President Karzai on the same day two American troops were murdered and four others injured by an Afghan soldier. It is Hamid Karzai who owes the American people an apology, not the other way around.”

Gingrich added, “This destructive double standard whereby the United States and its democratic allies refuse to hold accountable leaders who tolerate systematic violence and oppression in their borders must come to an end.”

I am constantly amazed by the positive charge. I dont really consider myself as being "positive" as much as I have drilled down inside of so many polls over so many months, that I really dont see a path for Zero to gain reelection. I am just reporting what I am seeing. Well that and countering the often offered opinion a couple of weeks ago that the Bishops were going to fold like a beach chair, which I think I have been proven to be dead solid perfect upon their response.

Now positive, I am positive about my wife and family. And the Spartans under Izzo! That is more faith based however, LOL.

In all seriousness, even after a decade of war, we haven't seen the slightest indication that any real Muslim leaders are willing to crack down on the "extremists." That's because they can't. They know the extremists are actually following Allah's will. They're not extremists; they're fundamentalists, and they're doing what their book told them to do. Yet we profess to respect their book instead of shoving one up their asses before we bury them.

Feb 16: Politico has a story with the lede: "Gasoline prices are on the rise, and Republicans are licking their chops."

Of course, nothing in the story supports the insinuation that Republicans are happy about higher gas prices, only that they are critical of administration policy.

Then today, Barry puts it in a speech:

"Some politicians, they see this as a political opportunity. I know you're shocked by that. Last week the lead story in one newspaper said, 'Gasoline prices are on the rise and Republicans are licking their chops.' That's a quote. That's the lead. Licking their chops. Only in politics do people root for bad news. They greet bad news so enthusiastically," Obama said. "You pay more, they're licking their chops."

It's the old "big lie" technique, straight out of "Der Sturmer." And of course no one will call him on it.

It is rare than there is a depiction of what
the most militant public form of Islam entails, the most recent example was the film
the Kingdom, which it turns out was based on real events, the bombings in the KSA in 2003 and 2004, showing the utter contempt they have for unbelievers, for lack of a better word, In the end, they retconned an equivalence with the FBI team.